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9.6 BYRD ANTI-LOBBYING AMENDMENT <br /> (31 U.S.C. 1352) Contractors that bid for an award exceeding $100,000 must file the required <br /> certification that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any persons or <br /> organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a <br /> member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress <br /> in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 <br /> U.S.C. 1352. <br /> 9.7 SECTION 3 COMPLIANCE <br /> Compliance with Section 3 [These provisions are applicable to projects for which the amount of <br /> HUD assistance exceeds $200,000 and the contract or subcontract exceeds $100,000.] <br /> (a) The work to be performed under this Contract is subject to the requirements of <br /> Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 <br /> U.S.C. 1701u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and <br /> other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects <br /> covered by Section 3, shall to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low-and very <br /> low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for <br /> housing. <br /> (b) The parties to this Contract agree to comply with HUD's regulations in 24 C.F.R. Part <br /> 135, which implement Section 3. As evidenced by their execution of this Contract, <br /> the parties to this Contract certify that they are under no contractual or other <br /> impediment that would prevent them from complying with the Part 135 regulations. <br /> (c) The Contractor agrees to send to each labor organization or representative of workers <br /> with which the Contractor has a collective bargaining agreement or other <br /> understanding, if any, a notice advising the labor organization or workers' <br /> representative of the Contractor's commitments under this Section 3 clause, and will <br /> post copies of the notice in conspicuous places at the work site where both employees <br /> and applicants for training and employment positions can see the notice. The notice <br /> shall describe the Section 3 preference, shall set forth minimum number and job titles <br /> subject to hire, availability of apprenticeship and training positions, the qualifications <br /> for each; and the name and location of the person(s) taking applications for each of <br /> the positions; and the anticipated date the work shall begin. <br /> (d) The Contractor agrees to include this Section 3 clause in every subcontract subject to <br /> compliance with regulations in 24 C.F.R. Part 135, and agrees to take appropriate <br /> action, as provided in an applicable provision of the subcontract or in this Section 3 <br /> clause, upon a finding that the subcontractor is in violation of the regulations in 24 <br /> C.F.R. Part 135. The Contractor will not subcontract with any subcontractor where <br /> the Contractor has notice or knowledge that the subcontractor has been found in <br /> violation of the regulations in 24 C.F.R. Part 135. <br /> 14 <br />